Comprehensive information on the First World War of 1914-1918: Trenches on the Web and Doughboy Center sites; St. Mihiel Trip-Wire newsletter, Over the Top magazine; & Roads to the Great War blog.
World War I A collection of significant facts about World War I. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg, in... © Henry Guttmann Coll...
Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf was a controversial military strategist and one of the most-influential conservative propagandists of Austria-Hungary, who planned the Habsburg monarchy’s campaigns during World War I. Advancing rapidly in the Austro-
world war i trench facts & worksheets the world war i trenches could stretch for many miles and made it almost impossible for one side to advance on the other. worksheets social studies world war i trench facts & worksheets premium download the world war i trench facts & ...
Arthur Zimmermann to Germany's minister in Mexico. The telegraph encouraged Mexico to invade U.S. territory. The British kept it a secret from the U.S. for more than a month. They wanted to show it to the U.S. at the right time to help draw the U.S into the war on their side...
Key Facts & InformationHISTORICAL BACKGROUNDWorld War II was a military conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 and involved nearly all the nations of the world. It was caused by the Treaty of Versailles and the German people’s resentment toward the League of Nations. The Treaty of Versailles...
The first group of 82 Japanese Americans arrive at the Manzanar "War Relocation Center" carrying their belongings in suitcases and bags, Owens Valley, California, in March 21, 1942. Manzanar was one of the first 10 prison camps opened in the United States, and its peak population, before it...
So this was an unknown quantity — but then, so was the very first neglected book I ever discovered, which was also a novel about World War One: W. V. Tilsley’s Other Ranks. Like Other Ranks, Soul Wounds opens in media res. Hagen, an infantryman, is slogging through the mud and ...
World War II n. the war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on Sept. 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland, and ending with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, and of Japan on Aug. 14, 1945. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Diction...
World War Two Facts — The Blitz In the summer of 1940, Hitler decided to invade Britain. His plan was to take control of the English Channel by destroying the Royal Airforce and then to send German troops into Britain to take control. ...